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PBA Founding Member, Long-Time Tournament Host
Proprietor Darrell Ducat Dies
By Bill Vint
The PBA has learned of the death Tuesday of long-time PBA National Championship
host
Darrell Ducat
, the former proprietor of Imperial Lanes in Toledo, Ohio. The 91-
year-old patriarch of the well-known Ducat family (at left in photo) was living in Florida
where he and son Larry were operators of Spanish Springs Lanes in The Villages, the
host center for the upcoming PBA50 UnitedHealthCare Sun Bowl in the Villages, pre-
sented by Radical, April 22-25.
Darrell Ducat, a PBA founding member, became the oldest player ever to bowl in a
PBA tournament when he competed in the 2013 PBA50 Sun Bowl at Spanish Springs
Lanes at age 87.
The Ducat family hosted more than 30 PBA tournaments over the years at bowling
centers they owned in Toledo, Detroit, Winter Haven and The Villages. The PBA hadn’t
appeared in the Villages since 2001 when the Ducats brought the PBA back to The Vil-
lages in 2009.
Larry Ducat said he is working with the PBA to host a celebration of Darrell Ducat’s life
when the PBA50 Tour visits The Villages in April.
PBA50 Schedule
Saturday, April 15, 2017 - Monday, April 17, 2017
New Port Richey, FL
Monday, April 17, 2017 - Thursday, April 20, 2017
New Port Richey, FL
Saturday, April 22, 2017 - Tuesday, April 25, 2017
The Villages, FL
Sunday, April 30, 2017 - Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Mooresville, NC
Saturday, May 06, 2017 - Tuesday, May 09, 2017
Farmingdale, NY
Saturday, May 13, 2017 - Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Indianapolis, IN
Sunday, May 28, 2017 - Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Brentwood, CA
Thursday, June 01, 2017 - Saturday, June 03, 2017
